The pension reform, a crucial project of Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term (photo, right), to which he had committed himself from the campaign for his first term, provides for a lowering of the legal age from 62 to 64 and an acceleration of the extension of the contribution period.
The popularity ratings of the President and Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne (photo, left) have fallen by five points in a month and a half to stand at 36% and 31% respectively, according to a poll published on Tuesday.
Despite growing rejection in public opinion, the executive remains firm: Emmanuel Macron deemed the reform “indispensable” on Monday evening following Elisabeth Borne, who had estimated that the postponement of the legal age of departure to 64 was not ” more negotiable.
But for the executive, the battle of opinion “is very badly started”, according to Frédéric Dabi, of the Ifop polling institute: “As the French become aware of the reform, the membership declines” in the polls.
